Oleksandra Kiktenko (2003)

| Ukraine

Professor | Ewa Kupiec

Oleksandra Kiktenko, born in October 2003, embarked on her musical journey with the piano at the age of five. She graduated from the Kharkiv Specialized Music School (now Kharkiv State Music Lyceum) under the guidance of Natalia Skrebtsova in 2020. In the same year, she passed entrance exams at the National Music Academy of Ukraine in the class of Professor Oksana Ryndenko. However, in September 2023, she made the decision to discontinue her studies. Since February 2022, she has been residing in Hannover. For one and a half years, Oleksandra served as a guest student at the University of Music, Theater, and Media, studying under the esteemed Professor Ewa Kupiec. In June 2023, she secured a place at the university after successfully passing the entrance exams. Oleksandra is also a co-founder and active member of the musical trio "Interval." She is a winner at both national and international competitions. Noteworthy achievements include winning prizes at the XIX International Competition-Festival "Chords of Khortytsia," the All-Ukrainian Competition of Pianists named after S.S. Prokofiev, and the Concert Competition at the Luzerne Music Center in the years 2019. Additionally, she has had the privilege of learning from esteemed musicians in masterclasses such as Gottlieb Wallisch, Alexander Kobrin, Mihkel Poll, and Rena Schereschevskaya. She takes part in international festivals such as the “Hiiumaa Homecoming Festival” (Kärdla, Estonia) and “The Mascarade Talent Pathway” (Florence, Italy).